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["Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>]

Thanks Baruj. I just ordered _The Stone Edition Tanach_.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Baruj Diez" <barujdiez AT yahoo.es>
> To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 6:16 PM
> Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: Zechariah 12:1-2
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> Dear B-Hebrew citizens,
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> >> Zechariah  [...]  Putting  12:1-2  together could it
> >> also  be rendered "the burden of the word of Jehovah
> >> concerning Israel ... and also concerning Judah"?
>
> > I  think  this  must be interpreted in the sense that
> > whatever  is against Jerusalem is also against Judah,
> > so  meaning  something  like  "this  cup will also be
> > against Judah, a siege against Jerusalem".
>
>    This  is  how  _The Stone Edition Tanach_ translates
> it:
>
>          Behold,  I am making Jerusalem a cup of poison
>          for  all  the  peoples all around;* also Judah
>          will take part in the siege of Jerusalem.
>
>          *  Before  the  End  of Days, the nations will
>          besiede Jerusalem, and even force Jews to join
>          them,   but  the  enemies  will  be  destroyed
>          instead (_Targum_).
>
>    Best wishes,
>
> --
>    Baruj Diez
>      Asturias, España
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